• Product engineering, production support, and performance analysis of metals, alloys and composite parts
• Process development and surface engineering
• Design and development of specialty alloys intermetallics, ceramics and composites
• Knowledge base in process-structure-property-performance relationships
• Extractive metallurgy of Ti, Mg and rare-earth metals 

Areas of Work 

The principal areas of research and development are

• Materials for armour applications
• Materials for ammunition applications
• Materials for aerospace applications
• Materials for naval applications
• Functional materials such as advanced magnetic materials
• Emerging materials such as nanomaterials and smart materials
• Advanced materials processing technologies
• Surface engineering
• Advanced metal joining technologies
• Mechanical behaviour of materials especially at high temperatures, high strain rates and at small length scales.